Hugh Victor Eales: an appreciation and tribute

Abstract

The following set of five papers was assembled by students and colleagues of Hugh and he was asked to contribute a view of the Bushveld Complex which formed such a major part of the last twenty years of his academic research career (which is still continuing). The contributors have all worked actively with Hugh over the years and several were his students, including myself. These contributions serve as a tribute to Hugh, by those of us who have worked on the Karoo magmatism, kimberlites and particularly the Bushveld Complex. An abbreviated CV for Hugh reads: “Hugh Eales was Professor of Geology at Rhodes University from 1970 until …